Film Studies
With the Nov. 26 cinematic release of Hamnet, ÀϾÅÆ·²è scholars consider what we actually know about the famed playwright and why we’re still reading him four centuries later.
The ÀϾÅÆ·²è Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts assistant professor is finding success as an independent filmmaker.
The films of 1975, currently featured in ÀϾÅÆ·²è International Film Series, reflected the times and the culture in ways that hadn’t been seen before, says film scholar Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz.
Aspiring filmmaker and ÀϾÅÆ·²è senior Francesca Hiatt short film, Cherry Yogurt, relies on subtlety to touch on grief and support, viewed through children eyes.
Fifty years after Jaws made swimmers flee the ocean, ÀϾÅÆ·²è cinema scholar Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz explains how the 1975 summer hit endures as a classic.
What happens when a freshly minted film studies graduate heads out into the world with no particular plan? How A&S alum Patrick Hoffman went from taxi driver to private investigator to successful author.
Following a blockbuster opening weekend for ‘Captain America: Brave New World,’ ÀϾÅÆ·²è Benjamin Robertson reflects on the appeal of superhero franchises and why they dominate studio release schedules.
In honor of what would have been Al Capone 125th birthday, ÀϾÅÆ·²è cinema researcher Tiel Lundy explains the enduring popularity of gangsters in film and the American imagination.
John W. Comerford, who discovered the power of film at ÀϾÅÆ·²è, arranges major gift to its Brakhage Center for Media Arts.
The $188k grant will help develop curricula to give undergraduates hands-on experiences in film archiving and preservation.